ABOUT US
Pacific Blue Foundation (PBF) is a non-profit 501(c)3 registered in CA, USA since 2004, and public-benefit charitable trust registered in Fiji since 2006.
Pacific Blue Foundation provides basic research, education, encouragement and dissemination of sustainable practices in coastal regions with the ultimate goal of preserving and promoting the biological and cultural diversity of the region.
THE TEAM
B. Gregory Mitchell; PhD
President and Chair of the Board of Directors
Dr. David I. Kline
Executive Director
Mere Namudu
Country Director
Roko Josefa Cinavilakeba
Community and Government Relations Director
Tomasi Tikoibua Delana
Project Manager
Ulamila Matairakula; BSc, PGDip
Environmental Officer
Taitusi Dradra; BSc
Community Engagement Officer
Alekisio Sela
Project Officer
Luke Nacei
Communications Officer
Maria Rasalato
Finance Officer
Orisi Cagilaba
field officer
Raquel Carter; MSc
Strategy and Project Development Advisor
Sefano M Katz; BSc, Skipper
Program Director
Kerry Donovan; BS, PGDip
Cultural Conservation Coordinator
Mary Anderson; BA
Administrative Assistant
Cristian Gorrino; BSc
Technological Advisor
PACIFIC BLUE FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Our board of Directors consists of leading scientists in their given fields.
B. Gregory Mitchell; PhD
University of California San Diego
Michael Kent Mitchell
Charles R. Booth
Biospherical Instruments
Daniel Goodrich McNamara, Jr., Esq.
Mark Douglas Mitchell
Dale A. Kiefer; PhD
University of Southern California, Department of Biology
Richard Murphy; PhD
CONSULTANTS
Our team of consultants helps to guide our efforts in basic research, education, encouragement and dissemination of sustainable technologies in the region of the island nations of the South Pacific with the ultimate goal of preserving and promoting the biological and cultural diversity of the region.
Apenisa (Ben) Rakanace
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation
Robert Edgar; BSc, Captain
Engineering Advisor, Blue Whale Adventures
Alisi Bogi Nainoca
Graphic Designer, Matrix Graphic Design
OUR PARTNERS
- Communities of Beqa and Yanuca Islands
- Fiji Locally Managed Marine Area (FLMMA) Network
- Rewa Provincial Council
- Serua Provincial Council
- Ministry of iTaukei Affairs
- Ministry of Fisheries
- Ministry of Health and Medical Services
- Ministry of Environment
- Fiji Environmental Law Association
- Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji
- University of the South Pacific
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
- Beqa Lagoon Resort
- Lawaki Beachouse
- Blue Whale Adventures
- United Nations Development Program / Global Environment Facility - Small Grant Program
- Australian Aid
- Conservation, Food and Health Foundation